Hame.



M. MARX.

HAME.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T.28, 1912 1,068,514, Patented July 29, 1913.

INVENTOR L m M A/lwrngs,

' 772. Marx.

MATTE-HAS llIARX, 0F NEILLSV'ILLE, WI$CONSI1\T.

HAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application 'filed October 28, 1912. Serial No. 728.239.

zen of the United States, residing at Neillsville, in the county ofClark and State of ll isconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the hame portions of aharness, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve theconstruct-ion and increase the efficiency and utility of devices of thischaracter.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement ofthe trace coupling portion of a hame, to simplify and strengthen theconnection and likewise provide means whereby the hitch may be adjustedvertically to produce a high or low draft, as may be preferred, withoutdetaching any of the parts and without removing the harness or thehaimes from the horse.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

The improved to both of the hame members and are pre cisely alike,except that one is right-handed and the other left-handed, consequentlythe right-hand attachment only is shown for the purpose of illustration,and in the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the lower portionof the righthand hame with the attachment applied. Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modifiedform of the attachment.

. Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The lower portion of a right-hand conventional hame is represented at 10with the usual metal binding plate 11 attached to the outer face andterminating in an eye or loop 12 to receive the ring 13 of the hamefastener device.

The attachment is designed to receive the forward end of the main trace,represented conventionally at 14, and provided with an eye or loop 15whereby it may be connected to the hame coupling member.

The improved attachment comprises a attachment will be applied from,

plate 16 having a plurality 17 projecting from one side and with openhooks 18 projecting from the opposite side. The stocks 19 of the hooks18 are formed relatively heavy and increase in area from the hookportions to the plate 16 toinsure the requisite strength or stiffnesswhen the pull strains are applied.

Any required number of the studs 17 and the corresponding hooks 18 maybe employed, but generally three will be used, as shown, and spaced atuniform distances apart. The upper hook will be located at the pointwhere the highest draft is desired, while the lower hook is located at apoint corresponding to the line of the lowest draft desired, while theintermediate hook is located midway between the outer hooks.

of tapered studs By this means the line of draft may be adjustedvertically to produce a high draft, a lowdraft or an intermediate draft.

Each of the hooks 18 is provided with a stop spring. indicated as awhole at 20, to prevent the detachl'nent of the eye 15 thereand each ofthe springs is formed from a single plate of steel bent into requiredshape, and tapered from end to end.

The plate 16 is provided with a slot at the root or inner terminal ofeach stop 19 through which the smaller end of each of the springs 20 isinserted and likewise inserted into the wood of the hame member 10algngside of and bearing against one face of each of the studs 17. Thetaper of the studs 17 and of the springs 20 correspond so that when thestuds and springs are forced into the aperture in the hame they willclosely engage in the wood of the hame and be held firmly in position.The members 17-20 will likewise pass through apertures in the strap 11,as shown.

Bearing against the inner face of the hame opposite to the plate 16 is abearing plate 21 through which the inner ends of the studs 17 extend andin which they are riveted, as shown at 22. By this means the plates 1621and the hame member 10 are firmly united and held rigidly fromdisplacement under the severe strains to which they will be subjectedwhen in use. At their outer ends the springs 20 are bent at right anglesto the body and forked and pass by the forked portion upon oppositesides of the stock 19 of the hook, as represented at 23. At the bend ofthe spring the metal is thickened slightly, as shown at 24, to increasethe strength of the spring and to likewise increase its resistance forceagainst displacement while in use.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modified arrangement consisting in displacing thehooks 19 by eyes 26 and dispensing with the use of the springs 20. Whenthis modification is employed the eye ot the trace is displaced by asnap which is attached to the trace 14. The modification shown in Fig.4: will be employed where extra heavy draft harness is used.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and applied without material alteration of the hame.

Having thus described the invention, what- I claim is:

1. An attachment for hames comprising a body having tapered studs on oneside and trace receiving devices at the other side, resilient plateshaving tapered edges corresponding to the tapered studs and bearingagainst the body, the outer ends of said resilient members being bentlaterally to form stops coacting with the trace receiving devices, saidstuds and the tapered portions of the resilient members being adapted tobe inserted through a hame and said studs adapted to be secured in thehame.

2. An attachment for hames comprising a body having an integral taperedstud on one side and an integral hook at the other side,

said body having a slot next to the stud and the shank of the hook, aresilient platehav ing tapered edges and extending through said slot andprojecting into the throat of the hook.

3. The combination with a hame member of a body bearing upon one side-ofthe hame member, tapered studs extending from the inner side of the bodyand fitting in tapered apertures in the hamemember and secured therein,trace receiving devices extending from the outer side of the body,resilient members tapered to correspond to the taper of the studs andbearing against the same, each of said resilient members extendingthrough an aperture in the body and bent laterally to coact with thetraceengaging members.

4. An attachment for hames comprising a body having a stud extendingfrom one side and a hook including a stock extending fromthe other sideand with a slot through the body adjacent to the stud and shank of thehook, and a resilient plate extending through the slot and likewiseextending into the throat of the hook, said stud adapted to be securedin a hame member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATH. MARX. p... 3.

Witnesses RUDoLr BOETTOHER, HOMER C. CLARK.

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